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SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview 2.2 is available 

The SQL Server engineering team is committed to SQL Server 2016 monthly public preview release rhythm. Following CTP 2.1 release last month, we are excited to announce the immediate availability of SQL Server 2016 CTP 2.2 release for download. This incremental release includes new capabilities for query store, stretch database, core engine, temporal, MDS, reporting services and engine scalability improvements. Learn about these improvements below.
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SQL Server 2016 Upgrade Advisor Preview and CTP 2.2 now available 

Revised on July 28 UPDATE: The issue with the initial release of SQL Server 2016 CTP 2.2 that caused downtime during rolling upgrades across an AlwaysOn Availability Group has been corrected, and the download has been replaced.  The download link now points to an updated build of 13.0.407.1 or higher.
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Preview the new JDBC 4.2 for SQL Server Driver 

Today we are pleased to announce availability of the Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the Microsoft JDBC 4.2 Driver for SQL Server! The driver provides robust data access to Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Azure SQL Database for Java-based applications. The JDBC Driver for SQL Server is a Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) type 4 driver that implements full compliance with the JDBC specifications 4.
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SQL Server 2016 launches new rapid preview model with CTP 2.1 

From Tiffany Wissner, Senior Director, Data Platform In the SQL Server CTP 2 blog, T.K. Ranga Rengarajan, CVP of SQL Server engineering, discussed bringing cloud first innovations to SQL Server 2016. This includes a rapid preview model that exists in Microsoft Azure today.  With the release of SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview (CTP) 2.
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Guest Blog: Delivering Transformational Outcomes with Hortonworks Data Platform 2.3 

Guest post by Rohit Bakhshi, Product Manager at Hortonworks Inc. Over the past two quarters, Hortonworks has been able to attract over 200 new customers.  We are feeding the hunger our customers have shown for Open Enterprise Hadoop over the past two years.  We are seeing truly transformational business outcomes delivered through the use of Hadoop across all industries.
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Big data needs a big cloud 

Brian Mitchell, Microsoft Senior Business Program Manager, took the stage at Ignite two weeks ago to discuss Planning Your Big Data Architecture on Azure. “Big Data” requires big scale. Mitchell covered how this is accomplished through storage strategies, partitioning, fault tolerance, and the right architecture to scale to the extremes of big data.
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SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 Now Available for Download 

Today, we are pleased to announce the availability of SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 (SP1). The Service Pack is available for download on the Microsoft Download Center. This upgrade is available to all customers with existing SQL Server 2014 deployments. For more highlights of the release, please read the Knowledge Base Article for Microsoft SQL Server 2014 SP1.